Buckle.



T. F. MOLLOY.

BUCKLE.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 1s, 1912.

1,049,127', Patented Dec.3l,1912.

IINITID STATES PAEN FICE.

THOMAS F. MOLLOY, 0F WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

BUCKLE.

Application filed May 13, 1912.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. MoLLoY, a citizen of the United States,residing at vWest Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buckles; andI do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in

Figure 1 a top or plan View of a buckle and strap-holding deviceconstructed in accordance with my invent-ion, showing a strap connectedtherewith. Fig. 2 a side view of the same. Fig. 3 a. longitudinalsectional view shown in connection with the strap. Fig. 4 a plan view ofthe strapholding means detached, and with the strapholding loop removed.Fig. 5 a side view of t-he same.

This invention relates to an improvement in buckles, and whileapplicable for many purposes, is particularly intended for use as a beltbuckle, and especially to buckles of the pin-tongue type. In the use ofleather belts, it is often desired to shorten the strap.

The object of this invention is to provide means for att-aching thestrap to the buckle in such a way that if desired the strap can bereadily shortened and again attached; and the invention consists incertain details of construction and combination of parts as will behereinafter described and particularly recited in the claim.

In illust-rating my invention, I have shown it in connection with abuckle of common type comprising a rectangular frame 2 and a pivotal pintongue 3 which is adapted to pass through perforations in the strap. Myimproved strap-attaching means consists of a plate 4 having hook ends 5adapted to engage with the rear bar 6 of the buckle frame. Between theends 5 the metal is formed with bearings 7 turned upward from the plateto receive the ends of a wire loop 9 t-he rear bar 10 of which isadapted to snap Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

Serial No. 696,984.

under the post or stud 11 struck up from the center of the plate andinclined forward. rlhe rear end of the plate is preferably formed with atuck-loop 12, and the sides of the plate are turned up to form anges 13and 14. The end of the strap 15 is formed with a hole 15 adapted to sitover the post or stud 11 which, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of thedrawings, is slightly bowed. When the strap is thus engaged with thestud or post, the loop 9 is pressed downward and the bar 10 snappedunder the upper edge of the post, thus interlocking the end of the strapwith the plate 4. The strap preferably corresponds in width to the widthof the plate 4 between the flanges 13 and 14 which anges prevent theplate from turning on the strap. The free end 17 of the strap is engagedwith the pintongue, and then passed beneath the tuckloop 12 as shown inFig. 3 of the drawings. This construction permits the strap to beshortened atany time by disconnecting it from the plate cutting off thedesired amount and forming another hole to sit over the post 11. Thestrap is thus shortened without making additional holes in the free endof the strap.

I claim The combination with a buckle frame, of a strap-holdercomprising a plate formed with forwardly projecting hooks adapted toengage with the buckle frame, bearings located between said hooks, saidplate formed with an upwardly and forwardly projecting post adapted tobe entered through a strap end, and a loop having its ends entered intosaid bearings and extending rearward above the plane of the platesufficient for the reception of the strap end between them and having arear bar adapted to be snapped under the upper end of said post.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

THOS. F. MOLLOY.

Witnesses:

LEON M. MoLLoY, CHAS. A. MENGE.

Copies oi' this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

